Nickel and Dimed is purported to be an investigative report on unskilled workers in the United States. How do welfare reform unskilled workers survive on minimum wages and do they have secrets for surviving. Barbara Ehrenreich allows herself a small amount of money for startup, and then proceeds to find work and a place to live in three different cities. Key West, Florida finds her working as a waitress, and a second job as a housekeeper in a hotel. In Portland Maine she works as a nursing home aid and house cleaning for a major housecleaning chain. …
